Impact of EV Charging Schedule on Storage Requirements for a Renewable-driven Grid in California
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Mahmud, Zabir; Kurtz, Sarah
- Source
- 2022 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC) Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2022 IEEE. :1-3 Nov, 2022
- Subject
- Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Schedules
Roads
Employment
Transportation
Low-carbon economy
Propulsion
Electric vehicle charging
electric vehicle
charging profile
load
storage
solar
renewables
- Language
California is going through a transition towards electric vehicles (EVs) as a pathway to its decarbonization goals. As the number of EVs on the road increases, the load profile will shift, and will affect the role of energy storage in a renewable-driven grid depending on whether the charging infrastructure enables EV charging to be a flexible or inflexible load. This paper considers daytime and nighttime EV charging profiles assuming the anticipated number of EVs and investigates the impact on different types of storage in a renewable-driven grid in California. A hierarchical-storage technique is used to understand the role of different charging profiles on the minimum number of cycles and size of energy storage required in a zero-carbon grid.